Chapter 1060: Measures
Boheng merely chuckled a few times and said softly, "She's still young..."
"What does being young have to do with it? Quicksilver Needles reserves start from the age of eleven—"
"Her situation isn't the same as yours at Quicksilver Needles." Boheng cut Zoe off. "They can't really be compared."
Zoe's frown deepened, and there was a distinct edge of anger in her voice. "How can they not—"
Victoria's large hand suddenly landed on Zoe's left shoulder and abruptly pulled her to the right.
"They surely know their own people better," Victoria said quietly. "Let's not worry about it."
Zoe immediately began gesturing with both hands. "I just think—"
"We'll talk when we get back," Victoria said, lowering her voice further. "We'll talk when we get back."
She turned and waved at Hesta. "We're heading back too!"
Only Hesta and Boheng remained on the gentle slope.
Out of the corner of his eye, Boheng looked at Hesta and suddenly felt inexplicably guilty. He did not know how to continue the conversation. After thinking for a long while, he could only force himself to speak. "The mountain folk are enthusiastic. Sometimes it can come across as presumptuous, but she definitely didn't mean any harm..."
"I know." Hesta looked at Boheng with a teasing tone. "I just suddenly remembered that, back at the convent, we all washed and hung our own laundry."
Boheng's face flushed faintly. "Ah... that was, that was because..."
"Because?"
"There's a division of labor." Boheng lowered his voice. "Actually, I told them all to leave those things for me to do myself, but..."
Boheng went along with Hesta's words despite himself, while other questions swirled in his mind—was Hesta bothered by that girl hanging his laundry? Why had her two friends left early?
His gaze brushed